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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the ACCESS Program: A Group Intervention to Improve Social, Adaptive Functioning, Stress Coping, and Self-Determination Outcomes in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Tasha M Oswald, Breanna Winder-Patel, Steven Ruder, Guibo Xing, Aubyn Stahmer, Marjorie Solomon

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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Novel therapeutics in autism spectrum disorder.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tasha M OswaldMIND Institute, U.C. Davis Medical Center, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA. drtashaoswald@outlook.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3130-1557
Breanna Winder-PatelMIND Institute, U.C. Davis Medical Center, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Steven RuderMIND Institute, U.C. Davis Medical Center, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Guibo XingCenter for Healthcare Policy and Research, U.C. Davis Medical Center, 2103 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Aubyn StahmerMIND Institute, U.C. Davis Medical Center, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Marjorie SolomonMIND Institute, U.C. Davis Medical Center, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
University of California Davis Medical Center · USBehavioral Health Services · US

Funding

Predictors of Cognitive Development in Autism Spectrum DisorderR01MH103284 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SOLOMON, MARJORIE · 2014 to 2024
$6.3M
Neurodevelopment of cognitive control in autism: adolescence to young adulthoodR01MH106518 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SOLOMON, MARJORIE · 2016 to 2020
$3.1M
NIMH NIH HHS 1R01MH106518NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103284NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH106518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this pilot randomized controlled trial was to investigate the acceptability and efficacy of the Acquiring Career, Coping, Executive control, Social Skills (ACCESS) Program, a group intervention tailored for young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to enhance critical skills and beliefs that promote adult functioning, including social and adaptive skills, self-determination skills, and coping self-efficacy. Forty-four adults with ASD (ages 18-38; 13 females) and their caregivers were randomly assigned to treatment or waitlist control. Compared to controls, adults in treatment significantly improved in adaptive and self-determination skills, per caregiver report, and self-reported greater belief in their ability to access social support to cope with stressors. Results provide evidence for the acceptability and efficacy of the ACCESS Program.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PsychologicalSelf EfficacySocial SkillsAdolescentAdultAutism Spectrum DisorderEducationExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsSocial AdjustmentSocial SupportStress, PsychologicalTreatment OutcomeAdultsAutism Spectrum DisorderCBT for AnxietyRandomized controlled trialSelf-determinationSocial skills

Identifiers

PMID29234931
PMCPMC5889958
OpenAlexW2775578392

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